amputation : Idioms & Phrases
Immediate amputation
(Surg.) , an amputation performed within the first few hours after an injury, and before the the effects of the shock have passed away.
Webster 1913
Intermediary amputation
(Surg.) , an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in.
Webster 1913
Primary amputation
(Surg.) , an amputation for injury performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation supervene.
Webster 1913
Secondary amputation
(Surg.) , an amputation for injury, performed after the constitutional effects of the injury have subsided.